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A review by halfcentreader
Mr. Midshipman Easy by Frederick Marryat
4.0
Based in part on the author's own sea faring days, this is a novel about a young man improperly raised by his lenient and eccentric parents. Jack's early years are pretty hilarious (and accurately portray the apparently timeless spoiled and undisciplined child that we occasionally have the misfortune to observe usually at Walmart)
The rest of the story is composed of seafaring adventures taking place over a span of 4 years during which time Jack learns to be a better man though he gets in plenty of unusual and sometimes farfetched escapades. In spite of being published in 1836, I found my interest did not lag and it was a quite engaging British classic.
The rest of the story is composed of seafaring adventures taking place over a span of 4 years during which time Jack learns to be a better man though he gets in plenty of unusual and sometimes farfetched escapades. In spite of being published in 1836, I found my interest did not lag and it was a quite engaging British classic.